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Method and device for reading a document character

US4827531A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1987
Grant dateMay 2, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V30/2253
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for reading and recognizing an unknown character on a document, the device measuring the character's waveform amplitude along timed intervals and determining that each measurement is within a predetermined acceptable amplitude range at each interval for an ideal character. If all of the measurements of the amplitude are within the acceptable ranges, a recognition signal of the character is generated.

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